Caramel Cake

Name: Caramel Cake (Gateau au Caramel)
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: A Cupful of Butter, or Lard; 2 Teaspoonfuls of Vanilla; A Cupful of Milk; 2 Cupfuls of Sugar; 1½ Cupfuls of Flour, Sifted; The Whites of 7 Eggs; A Tablespoonful of Butter; A Cupful of Corn Starch; ½ Pound of Chocolate; ½ Pound of Brown Sugar; ½ Cupful of Milk; 2 Teaspoonfuls of Baking Powder; 2 Cupfuls of Brown Sugar; A Tablespoonful of Vanilla; 2 Tablespoonfuls of Vanilla; A Cupful of Sweet Cream

Gateau au Caramel

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Picayune's Creole Cook Book

By The Times Picayune Publishing Company

Published 1901

About

Ingredients

A Cupful of Butter, or Lard
2 Cupfuls of Sugar
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Americas
United States
Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian
New Orleans

Method

Cream the butter, add the sugar, and beat till very light. Add the milk. Mix well. Sift the flour, corn starch and baking powder together, and add gradually to the mixture, beating vigorously all the while. Add the Vanilla and the whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. Mix all quickly and lightly, turn into a long family pan, which has been buttered, and bake for half an hour in a moderat